“LAST WALTZ” RECOGNIZED BEST PERFORMANCE AT DAMASCUS FESTIVAL

YEREVAN, December 7 (Noyan Tapan). The “Last Waltz” performance of the
“Arion” theatre after Edgar Elbakian was recognized the best staging
at the 12th theatrical festival in Damascus. Armen Elbakian, Head and
Art Director of the theatre, informed about this during the December
7 press conference. He said that Vladimir Msrian, RA People’s Artist,
received a special prize for the best acting in the Fridrich Durenmat’s
play. A.Elbakian said that both the spectators and local press highly
estimated the skill of the Armenian troupe. “Msrian was brilliant,
his skill charmed everybody,” the producer of the performance
mentioned. According to A.Elbakian, Zurel Ramadan, Director of the
festival, mentioned that he has seen the “Paganini” film for several
times and was fascinated with Msrian’s acting. According to the art
director of the theatre, Anna Elbakian’s acting was also perfect. It
was mentioned that the “Last Waltz” was the longest performance
represented at the festival, it lasted 2 hours 10 minutes and it was
played without translation. But spectators understood it very well
and at the end of the performance they expressed their delight with
exclamations “Bravo, Armenia,” “Bravo, Msrian.” It was mentioned that
the “Arion” also played for the Armenian communities of Damascus and
Aleppo upon the initiative of RA Embassy to Syria.